The country’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, has been called the “Trump whisperer,” and negotiations have been cordial and professional. But it’s been a wild ride.
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and President Trump at the Group of 7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, last month. The two leaders have had a friendly relationship.
Tariff negotiations between the two top trading partners are on a different track from those the U.S. is pursuing with other nations. But Canada may not get a better outcome.
After President Trump suspended trade talks with Canada over its controversial digital services tax, Ottawa scrapped it to get back to the negotiating table.
The University of Toronto has attracted several U.S. professors amid turmoil between American higher-education institutions and the Trump administration.
Brian Rathbun and Nina Srinivasan Rathbun are international relations professors at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Before moving to Toronto last year, they worked at the University of Southern California.
The European Union and Canada struck a defense agreement on Monday, a step toward closer military cooperation as relations with the United States have soured.
From left, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president; Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada; and Antonio Costa, the European Council president, in Brussels on Monday.
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